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 TAPESTRY  (#241)
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STRUCK BY A LETHAL BLOW... 

   [ Picard on table in Sickbay; a large phaser burn on his chest ]

  Bev:  He's in cardiac arrest.

...WITH LITTLE HOPE FOR SURVIVAL, PICARD JOURNEYS TO THE OTHER SIDE.

   [ Picard in bright, all-white room; Q appears, wearing a white robe ]

  Q:  Welcome to the afterlife, Jean-Luc... you're dead.

NOW Q OFFERS HIM MAN'S ULTIMATE DESIRE, TO CHANGE HIS OWN DESTINY.

   [ Young Picard stabbed in the heart ]   

BUT WILL HE ALTER THE PAST TO STAY ALIVE?

   [ Picard refights the same battle ]

  Q:  I gave you something most mortals never experience.

...OR DIE ON THE OPERATING TABLE.

   [ Bev works on Picard in Sickbay ]

...ON AN ALL NEW EPISODE OF STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.


Short version:

  When Picard's life hangs by a thread, the evil Q controls
  his destiny... on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.